Aboriginal Health Worker

1 week ago


Central Coast, Australia Central Coast Local Health District Full time

Employment Type:
Temporary Full Time (up to Jan 2024)

Position Classification:
Aboriginal Health Worker

Remuneration:
per week

Hours Per Week: 38

Requisition ID:
REQ370231

This recruitment may be used to fill future positions via an eligibility list for permanent, full time, part time, temporary and casual positions.

Central Coast Local Health District is committed to strengthening and continuously improving access to culturally sensitive services on Darkinjung country.

About you:

  • Are you experienced in providing support in relation to issues in pregnancy, birth and the postnatal period?
  • Do you have experience working with families who have young children?
  • Are you passionate about Aboriginal history and have a strong understanding of current health issues impacting Aboriginal families and children?
  • Come and join the team at CCLHD as a Health Worker

This is an Aboriginal Identified position. Applicants must be of Aboriginal descent through parentage, identification as being Aboriginal and being accepted in the community.
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An applicant's race is a genuine occupational qualification and is authorised under Section 14(d) of the NSW Anti Discrimination Act 1977.

What you'll be doing

  • You will be responsible for providing culturally sensitive support to pregnant women and their families during pregnancy, facilitating informal support groups and facilitating access to appropriate services.
  • This position also works towards improving health outcomes and wellbeing of Aboriginal families on the Central Coast with young children (05 years of age) by providing culturally sensitive care navigation for the family.
  • You will be responsible for providing care via telephone, telehealth where available, home visits and hospital and/or community settings.
  • The Aboriginal Health Worker works in partnership with the family and with Registered Midwives in the antenatal and post
- natal period, and Child and Family Health Nurses up to the child reaching school age for Aboriginal women and women whose babies identify as Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander as per Ngiyang Aboriginal Pregnancy, Child & Family Health Service Model of Care.

This role is suitable for the following:

  • Aboriginal Health Education Officer Non-Graduate
  • Aboriginal Health Worker

Where you'll be working
Central Coast Local Health District is the largest employer and healthcare provider on the Central Coast. We are committed to providing our staff with a happy, healthy and rewarding workplace. We encourage and support professional development and community engagement.

With two acute hospitals, two sub-acute hospitals and eight community health centres we provide the most comprehensive medical service in the region.


As an employer we offer our staff competitive benefits such as salary packaging, a monthly day off, paid maternity and parental leave, flexible work arrangements and professional development programs.

Our district covers a diverse landscape and demographic experience, from thriving urban centres to quiet beachside villages.

The Central Coast can offer you a career unlike anywhere else as we straddle the line between metropolitan and rural, giving you a truly comprehensive and unique work experience that will serve you for your whole career.

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Applications Close:
Sunday 12 February 2023 at 11:59 PM



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